Music builder



H. ROSECRANTS uUsIc BUILDER ma ls, 1932 Filed March 3, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet l Hslne Ha as a2." an is Oct. 18, 1932. H. ROSECRANTS MUS I C BUILDER Filed March 5, 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 i EX Elwin/Wm .Hslens Hose 0.!" an is which are to be cut from the plates as needed any s etS as desired may be provided for Patented Oct. 18, 1932 1,882,941

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE HELENE ROSECRANTS, OF ST. JOSEPH, MICHIGAN I MUSIC BUILDER Application filed March 3, 1931. Serial No. 519,889.

This invention relates to educational apnecessary by merely shifting or substituting paratus and more particularly to an appanotes and symbols after which the composi ratus by use of which music may be very men may be copied into a permanent record easily taught to beginners and which may book. i

5 also be used by advanced students or com- The mventlon 1s illustrated in the accomposers. panylng drawlngs wherein;

One objectof the invention is to provide Flgure 1 1s a view showing a number or apparatus of this character by the use of notes and symbols set in place upon a staff which beginners may be easily and quickly having a treble clef.

ii" taught the rudiments of music and the names Flgure 2 1s a perspective View of a pa r of anduses of difi'erent notes and symbols used S a f Sheets bound together and partially when composing music, and not only permit p ned.

a small child to quickly learn the names and Flgure 3 1S a group View of envelopes into u f th various notes d bol b t which the notes and symbols are to be placed 5- also permit notes and symbols which are imn removed from a stafi", and

properly l d u on a u i mfl' to b F lgures 4i through 11 disclose plates haveasily removed and proper ones substituted. g VflnQuS OtGS and symbols printed thereitnother bject, of the invention is to PIO- 011 and intended to be cut fIOlIl the plates id an apparatus f thi h a t one t, as needed and placed in the proper envelopes f hi h may b li d t h il so for future use after being removed from a 70 that the individual pupils each arrange notes Staffand symbols upon staffs provided upon pages The Charts 1 d 2 fO lng part of the ap of a book forming part of the apparatus for P P are pr ferably formed of stiff paper correction by the instructor, thereby making thln Cardboard, although any sheet mate- ;3 it necessary for each pupil to do the work in Hal found u1tab1e m be used- The Sheets stead of watching the instructor or one pupil are folded intermedlate their ends as shown write the notes and symbols upon a score at 3 d reinforced in y Suitable on a blackboard, or attempting to learn by ner WhlCh Wlll permit each sheet to be opened means of a book of instructions having music s n in F gure 1 and remain in a. flat con- .1 scores printed upon its pages. dition.

Another object of the invention is to pro- Upon the sheet 1 is printed or otherwise ride an apparatus of this character wherein arked a staff 4 having a treble cl f 5 a d the pupils may be supplied with plates havupon the sheet 2 is a similar stafi 6 having a ing music notes and symbols printed thereon ass Clef 7. It Will be understood that as and envelopes marked to identify notes and disposition one above another wh n in use symbols to be placed therein after they are and also that the sheets may be of sulficient removed from the staffs. By this arrangedimensions to have printed thereon a number ment the pupils become more familiar with of stafi's, one above another and these sta-fis the various notes and symbols and their uses alternately provided with treble and bass andthe notes and symbols will not be liable clefs for use by advanced pupils or comto be lost or mixed together when removed posers. from the stats as they will be placed in en- Accompanying each set of charts are a velopes marked to identify the notes and symsuitable number of envelopes designated rehols to be placed thereln. spectively by the numbers 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. 13, Another object of the invention is to proand 14:, shown in Figure 3, and a series of ride an apparatus of this character by the plates 15, 16, 17 18, 19, 20, 21, and 22 upon use of which a musical composition may be which are printed music notes and symbols. easily composed by a be inner or an experi- These plates are divided into sections by enced composer and changes made if found lines of scoring 23 extending transversely of the plates which may be dotted lines or scored lines which are impressed into the plates in order that the plates may be easily torn or cut when notes or symbols printed thereon are required. The plates 18 and are further divided by lines 2e extending longitudinally thereof, and upon the plates 15 and 16 are provided lines along which they are to be cut when the half notes and quarter notes printed thereon are cut out of the sections into which the plates 15 and16 are divided by the lines 23. There may also be provided lines 26 extending from the stems of the oneeighth notes printed upon plate 17 to serve as guidelines when cutting out these notes. Upon the plates 19 and 21 are printed longitudinally extending lines 27 of the same distance apart as the longitudinally extending lines of the music staffs printed upon the 7 sheets 1 and 2, thereby permitting the rest symbols may write a scale or simple musical composition upon a chart which may be seen by all of the pupils, and have the pupils reproduce the same upon their individual charts or merely state what notes and symbols are to be placed upon the charts by the pupils. The pupils cut the required notes and symbols from the plates as needed by means of scissors or a sharp knife and the out out notes and symbols are set in place upon the charts as shown in Figure 1.

The envelopes are individually labeledto denote what plates are to be placed therein as shown at 28, and upon each envelope is printed the names of the notes and symbols to be placed therein as shown at 29. The plates may be similarly designated either upon their rear faces or upon their front faces, above or below portions having the notes or symbols printed thereon in order to identify companion plates and envelopes.

This will greatly assist in teaching the names of the various notes and symbols as the companion plates and envelopes are identified and the envelopes bear the name of the notes or symbols to be placed therein. After the instructor has inspected the work done by each pupil, and corrections made by the pupils,

if necessary, the notes and symbols which have been used may be rem ved from the charts and placed in their proper envelopes from the charts, the pupils copy the exercises into a permanent record book. It will thus be seen that it will not be necessary to erase from the record book as the exercise or composition will be correct and properly appear upon the chart before it is copied into the record book. Advance students and experienced composers may also use the apparatus for original compositions and copy them into a permanent book after the compositions have been tried and found satisfactory.

What is claimed is:

Apparatus for use in teaching and composing music comprising charts having staffs with clefs displayed thereon, and plates composed of separable sections, each section having a note or musical symbol displayed thereon whereby the notes and symbols may be separated for placement upon a staff, the sections displaying stemmed notes being each scored to form a brace connecting the stem and head of the note thereon and the sections hearing some symbols having lines across the same spaced according to the lines of a staff upon which they are to be placed.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

HELENE ROSECRANTS. [1,. s] 

